Shingle-mold.



I.. M. WALTON.

SHINGLE MOLD.

APPLICATION nun 001213, 1909.-

Patented Oct. 25, 1910.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR M. WALTON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

SHINGLE-MOLD.

7 Patented Oet. 25, 1910. Application filed October 13, 1909. Serial No.

the roof or side of a building. The arm is offset as shown at 7, and recessed,.asat 8, said recess being adapted to receive a flange on one edge of the bar 2. Each bar 2 is provided with the flange 9 and is preferably formed with longitudinal slots. 10, for re ceivin the bolts 4.

l 2 esignates thumb-nuts which cooperate with the bolts et to hold the arms andbase bars together, so that the arms may be adjustable on the bars, to provide for varying the spacing of the arms for different widths of shingles.

The base bars 2 may be of any suitable length, and a number of them may be used end to end to extend across the roof or side of a building so that an entire course of Be it known that I, EDGAR M. WALTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, barge invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shingle-Molds; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact desc'ri tion of the invention, such as will enable'ot rers skilled in the art to which-it"appertainsto make and use the same, reference being'had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures My invention relates to molds for use in forming cement shingles, and has for its object to provide simple, easily portable apparatus whereby shingles may be formed shingles may be molded before any of the upon the roof or side of a house, in final mold parts are removed. Some of the base position. bars are cut at 'an-angle at their ends, so

A further object of my invention is to that they may fit together at other than a rovide the improved details of structure right angle at the angle of a roof valley or ereinafter described and illustrated in the hip.

accompanying drawings, in Which; In using my improved mold, the arms 3 Figure I is a perspective View of a roof are connected with the base bars 3 and constructed with my improved molds, the nailed to the roof or side of a building so roof including a valley and hip, to illusthat the upper edge of the bars will be partrate the formation of the shingles at these allel with the edge of the roof and in posipa-rts. Fig. II isa perspective view of the tion to mold the lower ends of a row of shingles. Expanded metal cores (not shown), cut to the size of the shingles, are laid on the roof between the dividing arms and secured to the roof boards by small staples, which are driven down their full length. Wet cement or other plastic material is then laid on the sheets of expanded metal and pressed down until it fills the space around the metal, and is smoothed off even with the tops of the arms 3. The shingles at 13 in Fig. l. are molded in single pieces, as dividing arms are not laced at the meeting points of the roof pliines. \Vhen the lower course has set sutliciently the nails are withdrawn from the arms 3, the arms moved up to position. for the next course of shingles and again temporarily nailed to the roof boards. The succeeding course of shingles is then formed, as the first, with their lower ends overlapping the upper ends of-th'e first. In mixing my material, I prefer to use a proportion of hydrated lime, for the reason that such ingredient will render the finished shingle waterproof, will impart elasticity to the shingle material while the roof is being laid, and will give the finished structure a white color.

set-of mold members used in-- forming the shingles illustrated in Fi I. Fig. III is a detail 'view of a mold Iwase and divider, the first being in cross section and the latter sectioned on its free end. Fig. IV is a top lan view of the parts shown in Fig. III. Eig. V is a crosssection of one of the divid- The mold comprises metal base bars 2 and dividin arms 3, which'may be connected to form the united mold, or separatediorco'nvenient shippin or storing. When the i mold isin use t e arms 3 are temporarily I nailed td'the roof' or side of aflho'use and the I base bars supported by the arms.

Each arm 3 is about the length of a shingle of the usual dimensions, and is tapered inc-vertical thickness, as shown in Fig. III, I so as to correspond with the graduated thickness of a shingle, and tapered from-top to bottom, as shown in Fig. V, so that the shingles may be formed with beveled side In the lower end of each arm isan aperi ture for the reception of a bolt 4, and in its outer end is.an aperture 5. for the nail 6 (indicated) by which the arm is secured to Having thus described my invention, what, I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent is .1. In. a shingle mold, the combination of a basthaihaving longitudinal slots and an uptni'netil edge flange extending parallel with said slots, and a dividing arm having a head adapted to overlay the base bar, said head bein provided with a transverse slot adapted or receiving the bar flange and with an aperture adapted for registration with the bar slots when the parts are assembled, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. Shin le molds for use on buildings, said molcs comprising narrow dividing members, mold members detaehably attached to said first members and extending at an angle thereto, said second mold members having longitudinal slots, and bolts passing through said slots and the ends of said first members.

I Shingle molds for use on buildings, said molds comprising narrow dividing members, mold members extending at; an

angle to said first inei'nbers, and formed with 

